Ring chromosome 9 syndrome is an autosomal anomaly characterized by variable clinical features, most commonly including developmental delay, some degree of intellectual disability, facial dysmorphism, microcephaly, congenital heart anomalies, and variable genital, limb and skeletal anomalies.
A height below that which is expected according to age and gender norms. Although there is no universally accepted definition of short stature, many refer to \"short stature\" as height more than 2 standard deviations below the mean for age and gender (or below the 3rd percentile for age and gender dependent norms).
Sheth J, Joshi R, Sheth F. Indian J Pediatr. 2007;74(5):507-8.
An eight-mth-old boy, presenting with broad and dark eyebrows with protruding tongue, microcephaly, short stature and failure to thrive was found to have ring chromosome 9.
